Is Your Classic Air-Cooled VW Engine Running Hot? #shorts #shortsvideo

Is Your Classic Air-Cooled VW Engine Running Hot? Here are just a few reasons why your Classic VW Engine could be running hot, these are the most common reasons, but there could be other reasons as well, so do your HW.

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[loumusgrove]

Putting a larger late model engine in an early bug can cause cooling problems due to the smaller air inlets in the body, solved by using a convertible engine lid that has its own cooling air inlets.

[yearcoach]

I've owned four bugs in my lifetime here in Florida, and three of the four had the thermostat removed and the vane lever fixed open.

[rupe]

most people have no clue as to "how hot is too hot". That said, it's common for a VW to run up near 300 degrees on a summer day.... and a modified engine may go above that on a long drive. Mine ran all day at about 320 degrees, even with an additional oil cooler and holding the timing advance to about 34 degrees total. BTW, "all day" = 75 mph for 8 hours and 34 MPG to boot. It ran rather well for an 1800 engine with 9.5 compression and a Scatt C-35 cam with a 2 barrel carb.

[KG]

Florida is treating you well, I can see.

[peterrestaino]

oily dirt crud building up around the cylinder fins blocking air flow especialy around the bases

[benkrom]

That accordion thermostat is only there to heat engine not cool it only supposed to work below freezing. I rip those out of the engines I build with zero problems. My engines have much higher compression ratios so heater still is so hot in winter that I smell my shoes burning 🔥 I'm not talking crazy numbers, 9 to 1 and 10 to 1 throws plenty of heat in winter.

[BiggLouAEM]

Hello my engine is a 1641cc it’s idling at 1300 is that too high?

[pauldefazio]

Some of this advice only applies to upright beetle motors. I own a square back the way it cools itself is much different than a beetle motor And I'm in Florida. The real way to fix your overheating air cold is put an external oil cooler on it. Preferably with an electric fan

[Mac-qfmk]

I thought the original thermostat fails open.

[mikecrawford]

Mine is running a little warm trying to find where to add the coolant . Also my blinker fluid check engine light is on.

[joshuuaaaa]

No but it’s not got all the power it used to have and everything is perfect 😂